Metamorphosis : a look at the changing face of horror.

This paper studies the background literature with regards to the horror genre and discusses the effects which society have on innovations in the horror genre. The dynamics of this relationship, with emphasis on how horror movies are influenced by society and what society perceives are the effects of...

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Main Author:	Loo, Alvan Sheng Yuen.
Other Authors:	Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Format:	Final Year Project
Language:	English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism::Photojournalism
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14758
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Institution:	Nanyang Technological University
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-147582019-12-10T12:37:56Z Metamorphosis : a look at the changing face of horror. Loo, Alvan Sheng Yuen. Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism::Photojournalism This paper studies the background literature with regards to the horror genre and discusses the effects which society have on innovations in the horror genre. The dynamics of this relationship, with emphasis on how horror movies are influenced by society and what society perceives are the effects of horror films on viewers, is also studied. The top 100 English movies in Singapore and America are used in this study to analyse the popularity of the horror movie. An inflation-adjusted table listing the domestic performance of the top 100 films in the United States is included to discover the overall popularity of horror movies in the history of motion pictures. The top-grossing 15 horror movies in Singapore over the eight-year period of 1988 to 1996 are also listed. Bachelor of Communication Studies 2009-02-03T02:53:33Z 2009-02-03T02:53:33Z 1997 1997 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14758 en 29 p. application/pdf
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description	This paper studies the background literature with regards to the horror genre and discusses the effects which society have on innovations in the horror genre. The dynamics of this relationship, with emphasis on how horror movies are influenced by society and what society perceives are the effects of horror films on viewers, is also studied. The top 100 English movies in Singapore and America are used in this study to analyse the popularity of the horror movie. An inflation-adjusted table listing the domestic performance of the top 100 films in the United States is included to discover the overall popularity of horror movies in the history of motion pictures. The top-grossing 15 horror movies in Singapore over the eight-year period of 1988 to 1996 are also listed.
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title	Metamorphosis : a look at the changing face of horror.
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Metamorphosis : a look at the changing face of horror.

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